(n.) A stupid fellow.

(n.) A volcanic rock, formed by the cementing together of sand, scoria, cinders, etc.

(n.) A professed admirer of a married woman; a dangler about women.

(n.) A knot of silk or ribbon attached to a fan, walking stick, etc.

(n.) A curvet.

(n.) Same as Nocturne.

(n.) A ragout or fricassee of veal; a fancy dish of veal or of boned turkey, served as an entree, -- called also fricandel.

(interj.) An exclamation of surprise, joy, dejection, uneasiness, weariness, etc.

(n.) Alt. of Charnico

(n.) A narrow-sterned boat formerly much used in the Newfoundland fisheries; -- called also pinkstern and chebec.

(n.) A bird of the Parrot family, of the subfamily Cacatuinae, having a short, strong, and much curved beak, and the head ornamented with a crest, which can be raised or depressed at will. There are several genera and many species; as the broad-crested (Plictolophus, / Cacatua, cristatus), the sulphur-crested (P. galeritus), etc. The palm or great black cockatoo of Australia is Microglossus aterrimus.

(n.) Alt. of Cocobolas

(n.) The premium or interest paid by the buyer to the seller, to be allowed to defer paying for the stock purchased until the next fortnightly settlement day.

(n.) The postponement of payment by the buyer of stock on the payment of a premium to the seller. See Backwardation.

() A south American carrion buzzard (Milvago chimango). See Caracara.

(n.) Basso continuo, or continued bass.

(n.) A South American wild cat (Felis colocolo), of the size of the ocelot.

(n.) A child's game; bopeep.

(n.) A genus of yellow-flowered composite perennial herbs; golden-rod.

(n.) A kind of broad-brimmed hat, worn in Spain and in Spanish America.

(n.) A contract or convention between Spain and other powers for furnishing negro slaves for the Spanish dominions in America, esp. the contract made with Great Britain in 1713.

(n.) See Asinego.

(adv. & a.) In the open-air.

(n.) A South American monkey, the ursine howler (Mycetes ursinus). See Howler, n., 2.

(n.) The production of the tones of a chord in rapid succession, as in playing the harp, and not simultaneously; a strain thus played.

(n.) Alt. of Bombardon

(n.) Alt. of Ballahou

(n.) A shirt worn by soldiers over their uniform, in order to be able to recognize one another in a night attack.

(n.) An attack by surprise by soldiers wearing the camisado.

(n.) A brothel; a bawdyhouse; a house devoted to prostitution.

(n.) A herdsman; a peasant employed on a ranch or rancho.

(n.) The owner and occupant of a ranch or rancho.

(n.) Alt. of Cavaliero

(n.) A term formerly applied to a short piece of chambered ordnance.

(n.) A preliminary sketch of the plot, or main incidents, of an opera.

(n.) A cuban trogon (Priotelus temnurus) having a serrated bill and a tail concave at the end.

(n.) A nocturnal bird of South America and Trinidad (Steatornis Caripensis, or S. steatornis); -- called also oilbird.

(n.) A duet of short extent and concise form.

(n.) A license formerly required for the making over a bill of exchange to another over sea.

(n.) A composition (usually in symphonic form with three movements) in which one instrument (or two or three) stands out in bold relief against the orchestra, or accompaniment, so as to display its qualities or the performer's skill.

(n.) Affected wit; a conceit.

(n.) A sprightly dance; a coranto; a courant.

(a.) Held back; holding back; ritardando.

(n.) A picture.

(n.) See Renegade.

(n.) A south American tick of the genus Amblyomma. There are several species, very troublesome to man and beast.

(n.) The gulf weed. See under Gulf.

(n.) A deposit of pebbles, gravel, and ferruginous sand, in which the Brazilian diamond is usually found.

(n.) A male person castrated for the purpose of improving his voice for singing; an artificial, or male, soprano.

(n.) An inclosure; a place of separation.

(n.) The palace of the Grand Seignior, or Turkish sultan, at Constantinople, inhabited by the sultan himself, and all the officers and dependents of his court. In it are also kept the females of the harem.

(n.) A harem; a place for keeping wives or concubines; sometimes, loosely, a place of licentious pleasure; a house of debauchery.

(n.) A sestet.

(n.) One of a large group of beetles (Rhynchophora) of many genera; -- called also weevils, snout beetles, billbeetles, and billbugs. Many of the species are very destructive, as the plum curculio, the corn, grain, and rice weevils, etc.

(a.) Disconnected; separated; distinct; -- a direction to perform the notes of a passage in a short, distinct, and pointed manner. It is opposed to legato, and often indicated by heavy accents written over or under the notes, or by dots when the performance is to be less distinct and emphatic.

(a.) Expressed in a brief, pointed manner.

(n.) A large monkey (Macacus silenus) native of Malabar. It is black, or nearly so, but has a long white or gray beard encircling the face. Called also maha, silenus, neelbhunder, lion-tailed baboon, and great wanderoo.

(n.) A cutaneous, pustular eruption, not attended with fever; usually, a kind of eczema with pustulation.

(a. & n.) See Duodecimo.

(n.) An old cry in throwing water, slops, etc., from the windows in Edingburgh.

(n.) A false or artificial voice; that voice in a man which lies above his natural voice; the male counter tenor or alto voice. See Head voice, under Voice.

(a. & adv.) Plaintive; pathetic; -- used adverbially as a musical direction.

(n.) A lively dance, in 3-8 or 6-8 time, much practiced in Spain and Spanish America. Also, the tune to which it is danced.

(n.) A ball or general dance, as in Mexico.

(n.) An instrument consisting of small bars of wood, flat at the bottom and rounded at the top, and resting on the edges of a kind of open box. They are unequal in size, gradually increasing from the smallest to the largest, and are tuned to the diatonic scale. The tones are produced by striking the pieces of wood with hard balls attached to flexible sticks.

(n.) A kind of dagger with a slender, rounded, and pointed blade.

(n.) A pointed instrument for making eyelet holes in embroidery.

(n.) A beard trimmed into a pointed form.

(v. t.) To stab or kill with a stiletto.

(n.) A stab; a thrust with a rapier.

(a.) Detached; separated; -- a term indicating that every note is to be performed in a distinct and pointed manner.

(a.) Forcing or forced; -- a direction placed over a note, to signify that it must be executed with peculiar emphasis and force; -- marked fz (an abbreviation of forzando), sf, sfz, or /.

(n.) The nickname of a crackbrained Italian who fancied himself an emperor.

(n.) A genus of birds including the African ostriches.

(n.) Any one of several species of kangaroos of the genus Macropus, especially M. robustus, sometimes called the great wallaroo.

(n.) See Virgalieu.

(adv.) See Sforzato.

(n.) A stage in the development of certain insects, such as the May flies, intermediate between the pupa and imago. In this stage, the insect is able to fly, but subsequently sheds a skin before becoming mature. Called also pseudimago.

(n.) A boaster.

(n.) The heel joint.

(a. & adv.) Majestic or majestically; -- a direction to perform a passage or piece of music in a dignified manner.

(adv.) Into this.

(adv.) Unto this; up to this time; hereto.

(n.) The South American lapwing (Vanellus Cayennensis). Its wings are furnished with short spurs. Called also Cayenne lapwing.

(n.) See Telugu.

(n.) Copper sulphide, used to color glass.

(n.) A prickly, climbing shrub of the genus Pisonia. The fruit is a kind of berry.

(n.) An umbelliferous plant (Foeniculum dulce) having a somewhat tuberous stem; sweet fennel. The blanched stems are used in France and Italy as a culinary vegetable.

(n.) A composition in three voice parts; a vocal (rarely an instrumental) trio.

(adv.) To this place; to a prescribed limit.

(adv.) Up to this time; as yet; until now.

(n.) A place of defense; a fortress; a garrison; a fortress; a garrison or guardhouse.

(adv.) Gracefully; smoothly; elegantly.

(n.) An oblique hint; a remote allusion or reference, usually derogatory to a person or thing not named; an insinuation.

(n.) An averment employed in pleading, to point the application of matter otherwise unintelligible; an interpretative parenthesis thrown into quoted matter to explain an obscure word or words; -- as, the plaintiff avers that the defendant said that he (innuendo the plaintiff) was a thief.

(n.) A cutting or engraving; a figure cut into something, as a gem, so as to make a design depressed below the surface of the material; hence, anything so carved or impressed, as a gem, matrix, etc.; -- opposed to cameo. Also used adjectively.

(a. & adv.) With a moderate degree of quickness; moderately.

(n.) A smooth woolen stuff, generally black, used for making shoes; a kind of lasting; -- formerly used also for clergymen's gowns.

(n.) A species of dried plum; prunelle.

(n.) A gay seducer of women; a libertine.

(n.) A child born of a white father and Indian mother.

(n.) Same as Malicho.

(n.) Any bird of the genus Phoenicopterus. The flamingoes have webbed feet, very long legs, and a beak bent down as if broken. Their color is usually red or pink. The American flamingo is P. ruber; the European is P. antiquorum.

(n.) A more or less dramatic text or poem, founded on some Scripture nerrative, or great divine event, elaborately set to music, in recitative, arias, grand choruses, etc., to be sung with an orchestral accompaniment, but without action, scenery, or costume, although the oratorio grew out of the Mysteries and the Miracle and Passion plays, which were acted.

(n.) Performance or rendering of such a composition.

(a.) See Obbligato.

(a. & adv.) Vigorous; energetic; with energy; -- a direction to perform a passage with energy and force.

(a. & adv.) Light or graceful; in a light, delicate, and brisk style.

(a.) Slackening; retarding. Same as Rallentando.

(n.) One devoted to virtu; one skilled in the fine arts, in antiquities, and the like; a collector or ardent admirer of curiosities, etc.

(n.) A performer on some instrument, as the violin or the piano, who excels in the technical part of his art; a brilliant concert player.

(n.) A rare skin disease consisting in the development of smooth, milk-white spots upon various parts of the body.

(n.) A book containing the words of an opera or extended piece of music.

(n.) The words themselves.

(n.) A friction match.

(n.) A nickname formerly given to a member of the Democratic party.

(n.) See Pederero.

(n.) A name given to palms of several genera and species growing in the West Indies and the Southern United States. In the United States, the name is applied especially to the Chamaerops, / Sabal, Palmetto, the cabbage tree of Florida and the Carolinas. See Cabbage tree, under Cabbage.

(a. & adv.) Alt. of Parlante

(n.) A skullcap covering the tonsure, worn under the berretta. The pope's is white; a cardinal's red; a bishop's purple; a priest's black.

(n.) Any one of various species of gnats of the genus Culex and allied genera. The females have a proboscis containing, within the sheathlike labium, six fine, sharp, needlelike organs with which they puncture the skin of man and animals to suck the blood. These bites, when numerous, cause, in many persons, considerable irritation and swelling, with some pain. The larvae and pupae, called wigglers, are aquatic.

(n.) Same as Graphite.

(n.) A genus of herbaceous plants with pretty salver-shaped corollas, usually blue or violet; leadwort.

(n.) See Pederero.

(n.) Any one of numerous species of jumping marsupials of the family Macropodidae. They inhabit Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands, They have long and strong hind legs and a large tail, while the fore legs are comparatively short and feeble. The giant kangaroo (Macropus major) is the largest species, sometimes becoming twelve or fourteen feet in total length. The tree kangaroos, belonging to the genus Dendrolagus, live in trees; the rock kangaroos, of the genus Petrogale, inhabit rocky situations; and the brush kangaroos, of the genus Halmaturus, inhabit wooded districts. See Wallaby.

(n.) A palisade.

(v. t.) To palisade.